{"id":300618,"date":"2025-12-01T15:05:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T15:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/starmer-insists-no-misleading-over-state-of-public-finances-ahead-of-budget\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T15:05:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T15:05:03","slug":"starmer-insists-no-misleading-over-state-of-public-finances-ahead-of-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/starmer-insists-no-misleading-over-state-of-public-finances-ahead-of-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer insists no misleading&#8217; over state of public finances ahead of Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/Vzf_iPFYbCU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Starmer insists no misleading' over state of public finances ahead of Budget\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vzf_iPFYbCU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Sir Keir Starmer has insisted &quot;there was no misleading&quot; voters over the state of the public finances in the run-up to the Budget and defended &quot;necessary choices&quot; his government made.<\/p>\n<p>His chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has rejected allegations that she lied to voters by painting an overly negative picture to justify tax rises in the run-up to last week\u2019s Budget, in which she announced \u00a326 billion worth of hikes.<\/p>\n<p>Reeves repeated claims of the &quot;black hole&quot; in the country&#8217;s finances, despite the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) saying it told her as early as September 17 that the shortfall was smaller than first expected.<\/p>\n<p>The OBR later said to her in October that &quot;black hole&quot; had been eliminated altogether.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir Keir Starmer has insisted &quot;there was no misleading&quot; voters over the state of the public finances in the run-up to the Budget and defended &quot;necessary choices&quot; his government made. 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